Bristol Y M C A Basket Ball Team Shines This Season
The Bristol Y M C A basketball squad has won five of six this season, with only Dean Academy of Franklin, Mass, defeating them. They have three home wins and two road wins at Middleboro and Fall River, scoring 215 to 148 against. The accompanying table outlines player statistics to date, though it notes on floor teamwork as a crucial factor in creating points. The article praises the team as among the Association’s best and calls for greater patronage at games.
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Bristol Y. M. C. A
Dean Academy
Franklin
Mass
Middleboro
Fall River
Bristol
Advertised Letters for Week Ending December 28 1907
Advertised letters for the week ending Dec 28 1907 include Philésig Canghan W A Tomlinson Mrs Dorsey Mrs Ira L Newcomp Mrs Mary I Card Kate TM Callahan Forsign Gennaro Sanmizzi. Names appear in the period notice of pending mailouts.
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Philésig Canghan
W. A. Tomlinson
Dorsey
Ira L. Newcomp
Mary I. Card
Kate ™. Callahan
Gennaro Sanmizzi
Boys' Club appeals for Thames Street fund drive
A Thames Street bars club appeal asks for funds to secure a warm evening room for boys with games, reading, possible writing classes and Sunday coffee. Contributions listed include Mrs Howe, Mrs Harvey Merrill, Miss LeB Drary, Mr Rockwell, Mrs Howe, Mr Bachee, and several others, with prior balance of 20 dollars. Also ads for Bees Laxative Cough Syrup and Rings’s Little Liver Pills accompany the page.
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Thames Street
Phenix
M.a.dew.howe
J. Harvey Merrill
O. BH
Manchester
George Adama
Drary
H. Leb. Drary
George Lebretes
EK. S Babbitt
A. Taint Law
Rhoda Low
Misses Barns
Wm. L. McKee
John Pickles
Man Zan Piles Cure Advertised by O W Sparks
A tonic style ad promotes Man Zan for piles priced at 65 cents and claims a guaranteed relief. Customer testimonials praise Pineules 80 days treatment for kidney and bladder trouble with a one dollar bottle said to cure and save money, sold by O W Sparks.
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Man Zan
O. W. Sparks
Jon King
Woodland
Tex
Mysteries Sweep Canvas Backs In Bowling Match
Mysteries won two strings in three from Canvas Backs last Friday evening. Scores and details for the games against Highlanders also noted, with remaining results summarized.
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Highlanders
Anvas
Old Folks Concert At G A R Hall Draws Big Crowd
Large audience attended the Old Folks concert at G A R Hall last evening to aid Babbitt Post No 15. Local singers in period costumes performed under conductor Frederick L Martin of Warren, following welcome remarks by Commander George H Peck. The program featured marches, hymns, solos, chorus numbers and a recitation, with strong audience applause for both solo and choral performances.
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G. A. R. Hall
W. R. Trotter
Frederick L. Martin
Warren
George H. Peck
Common Prudence in a City School Lesson
A downtown schoolteacher explains a subtraction problem to Russian immigrant children using a ten dollar example. She asks how much remains after buying items for five dollars two dollars for gloves and a dollar fifty for other goods. Isaac remarks that she forgot to count her change.
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Isaac
Open House Tomorrow at Young Men's Christian Association
Thousands of associations open their rooms to the public on New Year’s Day and tomorrow larger crowds will throng their halls. The Bristol Association has added to its equipment in 1907 and is in best shape. Inspect it and enjoy a good live programme and hearty welcome.
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Friends of the Young Men's Christian Association
Bristol Association
Obituary for Benjamin F. Hoar of Woonsocket
Benjamin F. Hoar died Saturday evening at his son Charles F. Hoar's home in Woonsocket aged about 79. Born November 4, 1818 he was a former sailmaker and long time painter. He left two wives, survived by three sons, two sisters and several brothers. Funeral held at his son James H. Hoar’s residence with Rev. George L. Locke officiating. Interment in North Cemetery.
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Benjamin F. Hoar
Charles F. Hoar
Woonsocket
Mr. Hoar
New Bedford
Mass
Susan Smith
Elizbeth A. Bennett
Albert Bennett
Charles F
Frank
James
John L. Ross
Pawtucket Avenue
Pawtucket
Mary Ann Stetson
Central Falls
Marcus L. Hoar
Joseph L. Hoar
Diamond Hill Road
Dreadnaught Hook ~ Ladder and Hose Company
Bristol Train
James H. Hoar
Constitution Street
George L. Locke
D. D
St. Michael’s Church
Williama. McKay
Frederick H. Hoar
Riverside
Charrles A. Hoar
North Cemetery
Comrade George W. Franklin Dies at Soldier's Home
George W. Franklin of the Soldier's Home died in the hospital Sunday evening after years of poor health. A Civil War veteran of Company O Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers, he was admitted from Scituate in 1898 and is survived by a wife two daughters and a son in Providence. The funeral is set for 10.80 o'clock tomorrow at the Home with interment in the Soldiers' lot.
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George W. Franklin
Rhode Island Volunteers
Scituate
Providence
North Cemetery
Mrs Herman C Kupfer Dies at Providence Home
Mrs Elizabeth Bradford Kupfer wife of Herman C Kupfer died at her home 487 Prairie Ave Providence Saturday night at 1030 after years of invalidism. Born in Bristol she married here and moved to Providence about twenty years ago. Survived by husband son Edward and five daughters Mabel Mildred Bessie Ernestine and Louise. Sister of Isaac F Gorham and daughter of the late Isaac and Julia F Gorham. Funeral from her residence at 2 pm and interment in Providence.
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Elizabeth Bradford Kupfer
Herman C. Kupfer
Prairie Ave
Providence
Bristol
Kupfer
Edward
Mabel
Mildred
Bessie
Ernestine
Louise
Izaac F. Gorham
Isaac and
Julia F. Gorham
Death notices from local area December entries
Brief notices report the deaths of Mrs. Hannah Wiley of Wiley-In Warren aged, Benjamin F Hoar of Woonspocket aged 89, Mrs. Herman Kupfer of Providence in her 47th year, and George W. Franklin aged 77 at the Soldier's Home in Franklin with dates December 28 and 29.
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Wiley
Warren
Hannah Wiley
Lev. Wiley. Hoar
Woonspocket
Benjamin F. “Hoar
Kupfer
Providence
Herman
Franklin
George W. Franklin
Demoralized Soldier Resists Scattering After Nashville Retreat
A Confederate soldier from Bates' division, after two days’ retreat from Nashville, discarded his arms and sat alone in the woods. He reflected on his condition and declared, though whipped and demoralized, that no man could say he was scattered.
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Bates
Nashville
Uric-O touted as cure for rheumatism in ad text
An advertisement extols Uric-O as a rapid internal cure for rheumatism including rheumatoid and sciatica. It claims to neutralize acids, clear deposits, and aid kidneys, with pricing 75 or 1.00 per bottle and a free trial offer from The Smith Drug Co. Syracuse. Bristol listing shows local agent J H Young.
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Smith Drug Co
Smith
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Hope Druc CO
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Dana
State ST
Dana McCovern
State Street
L. Bentley & CO
Dorchester Muttal Fire Ins. Co of
Boston
E.l.watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main Street
Pawtucket, Rei
George W. Newell
George M. Thornton Benjamin
William P. Dempsey
A. A. Mann
Chas. P. Moyes
H. B. Fletcher
Tary Skinner, Jr
Hope Street
Se Soate
J. Milton
PATHE
Philip C. Sheldon James L. Jenks
Edwin A. Perrin
Smith’s
Smith’s Joe
Vulcan
Toaster
Bristol County Gas and Electric Company
Mis
D Balfour
Herrmann
Wardwell
McCaughey
Simister
Duffy
The
O. Sparks
Family Theatre
Hasbrouck
J. M. Cassidy
Elizabeth Ferguson
James Conley
R. Murray
Munro
A. Davidson
H. Cardi
J. Davidson
W Paine
G. Salisbury
Capt
A.hathaway
Ff. Crookford
South Ends
B.d.dewolt
Q. LeClair
GC. Brigham
J. Kinder
J. Newman
Highlands
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J. Potter G. Marshall i
Jas. Davidson
T. Byrnes
Strgs
RB. Neilson
J. Sallaint
F. M. Dimond
A. W. Cromer
A. H. Shafft
O. Kunz
H. Newman
J. B. Newman
Hill
R. Bush
H. Atwood
E. Zc Brackett
E & Ba
R. Walls
J. F. Farrally
B. D. de' Wolf
A. Davidson Es
L. H. Callan Os
H. W. Church
GQ. Epbitts
Munro Ae
W. N. Newman
Kenney
H. Munro
G. Clark
J. Kinderse
O. H. Bickford
Mathewson
W. Manchester
Edmunderyee
F .Crackford
L. EF. Gorham
J. J. Walsh
T. Byrnes Ac
A. Snow
W. A. Snow Ao
K Maunro
J. Buffamee
FF. Clark Oo
Clark
Keller Doett
Ruben
Rachael
Miss Huestis
Mr. Barrett
New Jerusalem
Jerusalem
My Happy Home
Dr. Mason
Julia Ward Howe
W. Nelson Newman
Jedediah Thompson
America
L. Nicholas
Town OF
Nicholas J. Golden
Bristol Hotel
Herbert F Bennett
Snow Brothers
Namquit Worsted Mills
Foot OF Bradford ST
Barton
Buffinton
G. W. Simmons
Emma E. Carey
Easterbrooks Block
B. Paull
Chiropodist
James Dixon Carpenter
Church Street
B.L
Providence Brewing CO
Providence, R. I
New York
Baker’s Tea Store
South Main Street
R. I
Formosa
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